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How we vet every listicle
Every agency featured on Web Tonic passes our 84-point editorial review before a single listicle goes live. This is how we vet each pick:
Verified client outcomes: We require real case studies with measurable KPIs — revenue, ROAS, CPA, retention — tied to the exact category being ranked. No cherry-picked wins, no unverifiable numbers.
Independent reputation: We cross-check Clutch, Google, G2, and Trustpilot ratings, and screen for review-bombing or suspicious patterns. Only operators with a consistent, verifiable track record make the cut.
Beyond that, every listing goes through a quarterly re-audit. We check 84 criteria across 6 pillars to make sure it still holds up — here are some of the checks we run:
A Cardiff video production company makes film for businesses, public bodies, universities and charities rather than for weddings: brand films and commercials, recruitment and training video, animation and explainer content, documentary and case-study films, event and live streaming coverage, and the post-production behind them, from edit and grade to sound and subtitling in Welsh and English.
We judged firms on evidenced finished work, publicly named clients, published rates and an address verified on their own site, in site schema or at Companies House. Twenty-four external companies are compared here. Twenty-two are headquartered in Cardiff itself and two work from towns just outside it. All 24 name at least one client, and one publishes a starting rate.
Which Cardiff video production company should a business shortlist?
Follow the named work. Black Swan Productions and AOTV handle broadcast-scale shoots, Studio Magenta and Motion Manor deliver animation for Admiral and Foster Wales, STORM+SHELTER films for the health board, and Freshwater wraps communications around the film.
1. Web Tonic
About: Web Tonic plans Cardiff video against the channels that will carry it, so the film, the cut-downs, the paid placements and the page behind the click are scoped by one team rather than handed between suppliers. The same people own the performance creative, the paid social distributing it and the landing page the viewer lands on. An organisation buying one film or one animation should hire a studio from the list below.
Key Services: Growth Marketing, Paid Social, PPC, Meta Ads, SEO, Google Ads, Snapchat Ads, Amazon Ads, Reddit Ads, TikTok Ads, TikTok Shop, GEO-AEO, Webflow Design, Shopify Design, WordPress Design, UGC, Social Media Management, Pay Per Click Management, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Implementation & CDPs, Performance Branding, Performance 360° Audit, Programmatic Ads, OOH Ads, HR Marketing
Industries Served: eCommerce, SaaS, B2B, Construction Professionals, Home Services, SMEs, Health Spa & Wellness, Retail, Legal & Judicial Services, Food & Beverages, Pets, Fitness, Family & Children, Finance & Insurance, Travel, Non-Profits & Organizations, Furniture & Decoration
Notable Clients: WorldRemit, Jack & Jones, Ardene, L'Oréal, Sendwave, Nestlé, Airbnb. Serve Fortune 500 companies and smaller fast-paced startups.
Locations: HQ in San Francisco with notable offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and more. Offices on five continents.
Pricing: Starting at USD $3,000 per month. Flexible and scalable plans at any time according to your enterprise needs. Book a call to learn more.
Great For: Mid-market to enterprise-level businesses requiring ongoing, on-tap growth and performance marketing services.
Website: Web Tonic
2. Black Swan Productions
About: Black Swan Productions is a Cardiff video production agency built for purpose-led brands, with named case studies for D3 Digital and University Law Solicitors published on its own site. The team is based at Great Point Studios in Cardiff and its contact page invites clients to its Llanishen office for a meeting. Deliverables run from brand films through legal and technology sector video to full campaign content.
Key Services: Brand films, Case study video, Corporate video production, Technology sector video, Social content edits, Video strategy consulting
Industries Served: Legal, Technology and software, Professional services, Charities, Education
Notable Clients: D3 Digital, University Law Solicitors, Higgs LLP
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, South Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: B2B service firms, Law firms, Software companies
Website: Black Swan Productions
3. On Brand Films
About: On Brand Films is a Cardiff-based video production company that produced the Admiral Group Together for Better brand film, shot at Admiral's Ty Admiral headquarters in Cardiff with interviews, animation and b-roll. Its published portfolio names the client and the deliverable directly on the work page. The studio focuses on brand-led corporate content and social cutdowns for businesses across South Wales and Bristol.
Key Services: Brand films, Corporate video production, Interview-led documentary video, Social video cutdowns, Animation integration, Video strategy
Industries Served: Financial services, Corporate and B2B, Charities, Public sector, Professional services
Notable Clients: Admiral Group
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Bristol, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Large corporates, Insurance and finance brands, Public-facing culture campaigns
Website: On Brand Films
4. DAKONA
About: DAKONA is a Cardiff video production team whose published work page names Whitbread PLC, Panasonic RE100 Cardiff and Platfform as finished-film clients, including a documented case study on Whitbread's London investment strategy film. The studio is registered at 14 Neptune Court in Cardiff and describes itself throughout its site as a Cardiff-based video production team. Aggregator listings put its typical minimum project budget at around five thousand US dollars.
Key Services: Corporate video production, Campaign video, AI-assisted animation from stills, Brand documentary film, Video strategy, Social cutdowns
Industries Served: Hospitality, Renewable energy, Property and real estate, Public sector, Third sector
Notable Clients: Whitbread PLC, Panasonic RE100 Cardiff, Platfform, Ajdan, Carlam Cymru
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, South Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: From USD $5,000/project | $100-$150/hour
Great For: Hospitality groups, Property developers, Renewable energy brands
Website: DAKONA
5. Cracking Productions
About: Cracking Productions is a fifteen-year-old Cardiff video production house whose clients page lists BBC, CBeebies, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, S4C, Sky and Discovery among its broadcast credits, alongside crew-hire work for Endemol's BBC1 output and the Restoration Man series. The company runs a dedicated Cardiff office for TV crew hire covering all of Wales. It offers Welsh-language production alongside English-language corporate, advert and explainer video.
Key Services: TV advert production, Explainer video, Corporate video production, Drone filming, Crew hire, Live streaming and event film
Industries Served: Broadcast and media, Government, Third sector, SMEs, Multinational corporates
Notable Clients: BBC, Channel 4, CBeebies, ITV, S4C, Endemol
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, South Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Broadcasters, Government bodies, TV production companies needing crew hire
Website: Cracking Productions
6. AOTV
About: AOTV is a Cardiff strategic video production company with a published Cardiff University case study describing how it solved a lockdown-era virtual Offer Day for the School of Biosciences. The company runs its own live-streaming control room in Cardiff, using LiveU hardware to mix multi-camera event feeds for clients such as Cardiff University. Its work spans corporate video, event filming and live streaming for leading Welsh institutions and brands.
Key Services: Corporate video production, Live event streaming, Multi-camera event filming, Animation, Highlight edits, Branded promotional video
Industries Served: Higher education, Corporate and B2B, Events and conferences, Public sector
Notable Clients: Cardiff University
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Universities, Event organisers, Corporates running livestreamed events
Website: AOTV
7. Tiny Welsh Media
About: Tiny Welsh Media is a Cardiff Bay video production company with almost ten years in business, and its team's own portfolio lists broadcast feature filming for S4C's Sgorio and behind-the-scenes footage for BT Sport as named, watchable deliverables. The company also produced a defibrillator-awareness campaign film for Calon Heart Defibrillators alongside the Welsh Rugby Union. It is based in Cardiff Bay and works across sport, broadcast and brand content.
Key Services: Broadcast feature filming, Sports video production, Brand campaign film, Behind-the-scenes content, Social video, Event filming
Industries Served: Sport, Broadcast media, Charities, Consumer brands
Notable Clients: S4C, BT Sport, Welsh Rugby Union, Calon Heart Defibrillators, Dugout
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Sports organisations, Broadcasters, Charities running awareness campaigns
Website: Tiny Welsh Media
8. VideoWorks Cardiff
About: VideoWorks Cardiff is a fully serviced video production company whose site names public and private sector case studies directly, including a Cardiff University animated explainer project and an Asthma Society case study. The company specialises in public service video for local authorities and district councils across the UK, alongside campaign, project and animated whiteboard-style video. It operates from Cardiff and serves clients across Wales and the wider UK.
Key Services: Public service video, Animated explainer video, Campaign and project video, Corporate video production, Whiteboard and motion graphics, Case study video
Industries Served: Local government, Public sector, Health charities, Higher education
Notable Clients: Cardiff University, Asthma Society
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Local councils, Public sector bodies, Health charities
Website: VideoWorks Cardiff
9. Focus Shift Films
About: Focus Shift Films is a BAFTA Cymru-nominated Cardiff production company whose short film Fire In My Heart earned a Best Short Film nomination, and whose commercial project page names Ceaton Security Services and Sport Wales as clients with the deliverable stated. The studio also produced a Cardiff City Football Club Family Stand matchday experience campaign for social media. It is owner-led and mixes narrative storytelling with commercial and sports brand video.
Key Services: Short film production, Sports brand video, Corporate video production, Social media campaign video, Documentary-style video, Promo video
Industries Served: Sport, Security services, Renewable energy, Corporate and B2B
Notable Clients: Sport Wales, Ceaton Security Services, Cardiff City Football Club, GoodWe
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, South Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Sports clubs, Narrative-driven brands, Security and B2B services
Website: Focus Shift Films
10. Black Lab Films
About: Black Lab Films is a Cardiff production company whose work page names National Geographic's Legends of Spain, Canary Islands project and three separate Visit Wales campaigns, including the Check In TV commercial featuring actors Luke Evans and Eve Myles. The studio built a formal creative partnership with National Geographic that it documents in a dedicated blog post. It is based in Cardiff and specialises in travel and tourism brand films at a broadcast production standard.
Key Services: TV commercial production, Travel and tourism film, Documentary-style brand video, Location and aerial shoots, Post-production and colour, Campaign video
Industries Served: Tourism and travel, Government and destination marketing, Broadcast media
Notable Clients: National Geographic, Visit Wales, Smorgasbord Studios
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Tourism boards, Destination marketers, Broadcast documentary commissioners
Website: Black Lab Films
11. Grooveland
About: Grooveland is a Cardiff video production and content creation agency whose portfolio names Louder Studios Cardiff, The Pix N Stix and Fabian Dubz at Boomtown Festival as finished, watchable projects with individual case pages. The agency covers music, nightlife and brand video, filming interviews and event content for clients across Cardiff and Ibiza. It is based in Cardiff and works with venues, promoters and consumer brands.
Key Services: Music and events video, Brand content video, Interview-led video, Photography for video campaigns, Social content creation, Event coverage
Industries Served: Music and nightlife, Events and festivals, Hospitality, Consumer brands
Notable Clients: Louder Studios Cardiff, The Pix N Stix, Fabian Dubz, E1EVEN, Uneek Ibiza
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Ibiza, Spain
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Nightlife venues, Music promoters, Festival brands
Website: Grooveland
12. Insight Video Marketing
About: Insight Video Marketing is a strategy-first video production company based in Cardiff, and its published knowledge hub names EverTrek as a client whose campaign generated three hundred and thirty thousand pounds in bookings from a video ad strategy the team built end to end. The company runs full-service production from logistics planning and shooting through to editing and final delivery for clients that had struggled with previous video suppliers. It serves SMEs and social enterprises across South Wales from its Cardiff base.
Key Services: Video marketing strategy, Travel and adventure video, Corporate video production, Video ad campaign management, Editing and delivery, Videography
Industries Served: Travel and adventure, SMEs, Social enterprise, Charities
Notable Clients: EverTrek
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Travel and adventure brands, SMEs new to video, Social enterprises
Website: Insight Video Marketing
13. Tree Top Films
About: Tree Top Films is a Caerphilly-headquartered video and animation production company that marked ten years in business in 2025, and a local press profile names the Welsh Rugby Union, Qualifications Wales, the BBC and Save the Children as corporate clients it works with. The studio serves Cardiff and South Wales from its Caerphilly base, a few miles north of the city, and produces both live-action corporate video and 2D animation. It specialises in promotional, corporate and Welsh-language film content.
Key Services: Corporate video production, 2D animation, Welsh-language video, Promotional video, Charity campaign film, Government outreach video
Industries Served: Sport, Government and public sector, Charities, Education
Notable Clients: Welsh Rugby Union, Qualifications Wales, BBC, Save the Children, Ffilm Cymru
Locations: Caerphilly, United Kingdom, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Sport governing bodies, Government agencies, Welsh-language content commissioners
Website: Tree Top Films
14. Blackwood Filmworks
About: Blackwood Filmworks is a Cardiff video production company whose about page names a broadcast client list running from the BBC and Channel 4 to Sony Europe, the British Council, the Welsh National Opera and Hugh James Solicitors. Its portfolio includes a dedicated Principality Building Society Pride campaign project and British Council event coverage with named contributors. The studio, run by director Michael Blackwood Barnes, offers full-service corporate and third-sector video production from its Cardiff base.
Key Services: Broadcast video production, Corporate video production, Charity and third-sector film, Campaign video, Event coverage, TikTok and social cutdowns
Industries Served: Broadcast media, Financial services, Legal, Arts and culture, Charities
Notable Clients: BBC, Channel 4, Sony Europe, British Council, Principality Building Society
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, South Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Financial services brands, Arts organisations, Law firms
Website: Blackwood Filmworks
15. JM Creative
About: JM Creative is a Cardiff video production team with over twenty-five years of experience, and its own site names a Sky One and Tidy Productions commission for a Stella behind-the-scenes documentary starring Ruth Jones as a finished, named deliverable. The company also produced a set of films for the twenty-first Century Schools programme covering special needs provision and Welsh-medium education. It is based at Tores House in Pontcanna, Cardiff, led by former BBC head of production John Morgan.
Key Services: TV promos and behind-the-scenes documentary, Government and education video, Corporate communications video, Welsh-language campaign film, Presentation training video, Post-production
Industries Served: Broadcast media, Government and education, Public sector, Corporate
Notable Clients: Sky One, Tidy Productions, Screen Alliance Wales, Welsh Government
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Broadcasters, Government departments, Education bodies
Website: JM Creative
16. Soul Films
About: Soul Films is a Cardiff video production and photography company registered at South Clive Street in Grangetown, Cardiff, and its LinkedIn work log names a campaign it produced for Vale Domestic Abuse Services alongside a filming project at Sinclair Land Rover covering their vehicle recycling process. The studio positions itself as a lean, experienced videographer team offering promotional, branded and social video without inflated agency overhead. It runs a second, smaller base in Bath alongside its Cardiff headquarters.
Key Services: Promotional video, Branded content, Social video, Animation, Photography for campaigns, Documentary-style video
Industries Served: Charities and social services, Automotive, Consumer brands, SMEs
Notable Clients: Vale Domestic Abuse Services, Sinclair Land Rover
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Bath, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Charities, Automotive and dealership brands, Local SMEs
Website: Soul Films
17. South Wales Video
About: South Wales Video is a Cardiff-headquartered production company whose site names a Knights Brown construction case study filmed over two days in Cardiff and Cheltenham to give students a real view of construction careers. The studio also documents a QuickBlock project at Dering Lines and a Race the Sun charity triathlon film in the Brecon Beacons as separate named case studies. It works across construction, engineering, public-sector, education and healthcare video from its Cardiff base.
Key Services: Construction and civil engineering video, Documentary-style case study video, Event and charity film, Corporate video production, Site filming, Public sector video
Industries Served: Construction and engineering, Public sector, Education, Healthcare, Charities
Notable Clients: Knights Brown, QuickBlock
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, South Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Construction firms, Engineering contractors, Public sector education campaigns
Website: South Wales Video
18. CineNorth Studios
About: CineNorth Studios is a Cardiff content creation agency that moved into a permanent Cardiff base at The Maltings in 2025, and its client testimonials name CJ Lettings, whom the team films regularly for social and LinkedIn content, plus Mamau Ffit Studio as a branded video client. The agency produces campaign films and always-on social content for startups, agencies and consumer brands. It is based in Cardiff and covers South Wales for filming, branded content and event coverage.
Key Services: Social media video content, Branded campaign video, Event coverage, Content creation for agencies, LinkedIn and B2B video, Property and lettings video
Industries Served: Property and lettings, Fitness and wellness, Consumer brands, Startups and agencies
Notable Clients: CJ Lettings, Mamau Ffit Studio
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, South Wales, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Property agencies, Fitness studios, Startups needing always-on content
Website: CineNorth Studios
19. Studio Magenta
About: Studio Magenta is a Cardiff Bay animation and motion design studio that produced Admiral Group's thirtieth-anniversary brand video, a project documented publicly through the Pimento agency network with Studio Magenta named as the producing partner. The studio is based at Pascoe House on Bute Street in Cardiff Bay and mixes strategic motion design with video, CGI and photography services. It is led by director and photographer Christopher Davies from its Cardiff studio.
Key Services: Motion design and animation, Corporate brand video, CGI and visual effects, Explainer animation, Photography for campaigns, Strategic video consulting
Industries Served: Financial services and insurance, Corporate and B2B, Retail, Public sector
Notable Clients: Admiral Group
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Mountain Ash, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Insurance and finance brands, Corporates marking milestones, Public sector explainer projects
Website: Studio Magenta
20. Motion Manor
About: Motion Manor is a Cardiff sustainable animation studio whose published case studies name Foster Wales' Maethu Cymru fostering recruitment campaign, a Cardiff University research-illustration project for its Centre for the Study of Social and Environmental Change (CAST), and a project for construction materials group Tarmac. The studio only works with clients striving toward positive social or environmental impact and states that filtering directly on its site. It is registered in Cardiff, with offices at Fitzalan Place in the city and a working base in the Cardiff suburb of Taffs Well.
Key Services: 2D and 3D animation, Explainer and research illustration video, Motion graphics, Corporate animated video, Charity and public sector campaign film, Illustration for video
Industries Served: Charities and social care, Higher education and research, Construction materials, Public sector
Notable Clients: Foster Wales, Maethu Cymru, Cardiff University, Tarmac
Locations: Cardiff, United Kingdom, Taffs Well, United Kingdom
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Fostering and social care charities, Universities and research centres, Sustainability-focused corporates
Website: Motion Manor
21. Yoke Creative
About: Yoke Creative is a video production and animation studio headquartered in Cardiff, founded there in 2012 as stated on its own about page. Its portfolio case study for cycling brand Lord Cycles names the client and details a three-film series showcasing each frameset. The studio positions itself for businesses, brands and charities across Cardiff and South Wales.
Key Services: Brand films, Corporate video, Product video, Social media video content, Animation
Industries Served: Manufacturing, Retail, Charities, Professional services
Notable Clients: Lord Cycles
Locations: Cardiff, Wales
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Cardiff businesses wanting a locally founded brand-video partner, Product-focused brand films
Website: Yoke Creative
22. Savage and Gray Design
About: Savage and Gray Design is an animation and explainer-video studio based in Cowbridge and Cardiff in South Wales, as stated on its own homepage. The company publishes a named case study for the Welsh Ambulance Service explainer video and a separate project page for a National Assembly for Wales animation, both hosted on its own domain. It focuses on explainer videos, corporate animation and motion graphics for organisations across Wales.
Key Services: Explainer video, Animation, Motion graphics, Corporate animation
Industries Served: Public sector, Healthcare, Government
Notable Clients: Welsh Ambulance Service, National Assembly for Wales
Locations: Cowbridge and Cardiff, South Wales
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Public-sector explainer animation in Wales, Complex-message corporate animation
Website: Savage and Gray Design
23. STORM+SHELTER
About: STORM+SHELTER is a video production studio whose site schema lists its registered address on Mount Stuart Square in Cardiff, confirming the city as its real headquarters. Its own project page names Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and describes a mental-health explainer video covering a patient's treatment journey. The studio also publishes an explainer-video service page describing work across Wales.
Key Services: Explainer video, Documentary, Brand films, Corporate communications video
Industries Served: Healthcare, Public sector
Notable Clients: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Locations: Cardiff, Wales
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Healthcare and NHS video storytelling, Sensitive-topic documentary style video
Website: STORM+SHELTER
24. Freshwater
About: Freshwater is an integrated marketing and communications agency headquartered in Cardiff with an additional office in London, confirmed by its own site listing Hodge House, St Mary Street, Cardiff as its registered head office. Its own case study names Public Health Wales and describes producing the JUSTB explainer animation for the national public health agency. The agency lists video production alongside PR, digital, creative and stakeholder engagement services.
Key Services: Explainer video, Animation, Corporate communications video, Video production
Industries Served: Public health, Government, Utilities
Notable Clients: Public Health Wales
Locations: Cardiff, Wales, London, England
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Public-sector and health campaign video within a full communications program, Combining PR, digital and video under one agency
Website: Freshwater
25. Boundless Studio
About: Boundless Studio is a Cardiff-based animation studio, as stated on its own about page, working across two-dimensional, three-dimensional and immersive media with a commercial background in advertising and motion graphics. Its own project pages name client Agua Plus for a billboard-concept campaign film and Humber Zero for a motion-graphics visualisation of a carbon-capture initiative. Company records filed with the UK register also list its office address in Cardiff.
Key Services: Animation, Motion graphics, Commercials, Immersive video
Industries Served: Consumer goods, Energy, Culture and heritage
Notable Clients: Agua Plus, Humber Zero
Locations: Cardiff, Wales
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Motion-graphics explainers for complex infrastructure projects, Bold concept-driven commercial animation
Website: Boundless Studio
Quick Comparison Table
| Agency | Key Specialty | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Web Tonic | Full-Service Performance Marketing | USD $3,000/mo | Mid-market to Enterprise |
| 2. Black Swan Productions | Purpose-led brand and case study films | Quote-based | Brand and case study video |
| 3. On Brand Films | Corporate brand storytelling | Quote-based | Corporate brand films |
| 4. DAKONA | Campaign film and AI-assisted animation | USD $5,000/project | Corporate campaign video |
| 5. Cracking Productions | TV advert and broadcast crew production | Quote-based | Broadcast and TV advert production |
| 6. AOTV | Live streaming and event video | Quote-based | Event and livestream production |
| 7. Tiny Welsh Media | Sport and broadcast video | Quote-based | Sports and broadcast video |
| 8. VideoWorks Cardiff | Public sector and council video | Quote-based | Public service video |
| 9. Focus Shift Films | Narrative and sports brand film | Quote-based | Short film and sports brand video |
| 10. Black Lab Films | Travel and tourism campaign film | Quote-based | Tourism and destination film |
| 11. Grooveland | Music, nightlife and event video | Quote-based | Music and events video |
| 12. Insight Video Marketing | Strategy-led video marketing | Quote-based | Video ad strategy and production |
| 13. Tree Top Films | Welsh-language and charity campaign video | Quote-based | Government and charity campaign video |
| 14. Blackwood Filmworks | Broadcast and third-sector video | Quote-based | Broadcast and campaign video |
| 15. JM Creative | TV and government documentary film | Quote-based | TV and government documentary |
| 16. Soul Films | Lean-team branded and social video | Quote-based | Branded and social video |
| 17. South Wales Video | Construction and site documentary video | Quote-based | Construction and case study video |
| 18. CineNorth Studios | Always-on social and branded content | Quote-based | Social media and branded content video |
| 19. Studio Magenta | Strategic motion design for brands | Quote-based | Motion design and animated brand film |
| 20. Motion Manor | Sustainability-led animation | Quote-based | Charity and research animation |
| 21. Yoke Creative | Brand films and product video for Cardiff-based businesses | Quote-based | Businesses wanting product-led brand films from a Cardiff-founded studio |
| 22. Savage and Gray Design | Explainer video and animation for Welsh public-sector organisations | Quote-based | Public bodies needing explainer animation with a South Wales studio |
| 23. STORM+SHELTER | Healthcare and public-sector explainer video from a Cardiff studio | Quote-based | NHS and healthcare bodies wanting sensitive documentary-style video |
| 24. Freshwater | Integrated communications agency with in-house video and animation production | Quote-based | Organisations wanting video folded into a broader PR and communications campaign |
| 25. Boundless Studio | Commercial animation and motion graphics for brand campaigns | Quote-based | Brands needing concept-led animation or infrastructure explainer films |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does video production cost in Cardiff?
Only DAKONA publishes a starting figure, at five thousand dollars a project; the other 23 quote per scope. United Kingdom benchmarks put simple live-action corporate video at roughly eight hundred to fifteen hundred pounds per finished minute, with a two-person crew day costing about two thousand to three thousand four hundred pounds, so a single-day interview film with a tidy edit usually lands in the low thousands. Ask for shoot days, crew, edit days and delivery formats itemised separately.
Is Cardiff a real production market or a satellite of London?
It is a real market with its own infrastructure. Great Point Studios operates in the city, thirty-four percent of all new United Kingdom media-sector jobs since 2016 have landed in the Cardiff Capital Region, and Creative Wales reports that every pound it has invested in the screen sector has generated twelve pounds of additional spend. Twenty-two of the 24 companies here are headquartered in Cardiff itself rather than servicing it from England.
Which Cardiff studios name their clients publicly?
All 24 name at least one. Studio Magenta produced Admiral Group's thirtieth-anniversary brand video, Motion Manor published the Foster Wales Maethu Cymru recruitment campaign, STORM+SHELTER names Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Savage and Gray Design names the Welsh Ambulance Service, and Freshwater names Public Health Wales. Public sector and health board work is the backbone of this market, so ask any shortlisted studio how it handles multi-stakeholder approvals.
Do we need a Welsh-language version of our video?
If you are selling to the Welsh public sector, a university or a health board, plan for it from the start rather than retrofitting it. Bilingual delivery affects scripting, on-camera casting, subtitle timing and the number of master files you take away, and it is far cheaper to shoot and edit both versions together. Several studios here already deliver bilingual work for Welsh Government-funded campaigns, so ask to see a finished Welsh-language example.
Animation or live action for a Cardiff project?
Animation suits explaining a service, a process or a policy, and Cardiff has real depth in it: Studio Magenta, Motion Manor, Boundless Studio, Savage and Gray Design and Grooveland all publish named animated work. Live action suits people, places and testimony, which is where Black Swan Productions, AOTV, Cracking Productions and Focus Shift Films sit. Budget matters too, since animation cost scales with seconds on screen rather than with shoot days.
Choosing a Video Production Company in Cardiff
The local bench is unusually complete. Twenty-two of the 24 external companies are headquartered in Cardiff itself, with only Tree Top Films in Caerphilly and Savage and Gray Design in Cowbridge working from just outside, so there is little reason to import a crew from Bristol or London.
Named clients are the norm here, so use them. All 24 companies name at least one client publicly, which means you can insist on a case study, the brief behind it and a reference call before you sign anything.
One published rate, twenty-three quotes. Only DAKONA posts a starting figure, so ask every studio for a proposal broken into shoot days, crew, edit days and delivery formats, and confirm how many revision rounds are included before the invoice changes.
Plan the distribution with the film. For performance creative, the paid social that carries it and the landing page behind it from one team, see our Cardiff office or book a call.
